All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 125 The Mysterious Techniques of Yin Mountain, The Mysterious Realm of the Primordial Spirit

"Fortunately, I have a strong grasp of the Golden Silkworm Gu worm."

Zhou Qing watched quietly as the golden silkworm worms devoured Dan Chenzi's corpse.

Even if the Corpse Worm Gu King goes out of control, it is far less threatening than the Golden Silkworm Gu Worm.

Led by three mother worms, these golden silkworm worms resembled a well-trained army, fearless of pain and death in battle, and adaptable to changing circumstances.

Generally speaking, martial artists who cultivate both internal and external strength are the most difficult to deal with among those of the same level.

Dan Chenzi is a case in point. He should be at the level of cultivating both internal and external strength. When he finally crushed the statue, his external martial arts were enhanced, making him comparable to a martial artist at the Bone Refining Realm.

Even if Zhou Qing were to gain the power to rival a Bone Refining Realm martial artist through divine intervention, he probably still wouldn't be able to defeat him.

At first, the Golden Silkworm Gu was helpless against Dan Chenzi and suffered heavy casualties, but it quickly found a weakness.

The thought of the golden silkworm worm burrowing into Dan Chenzi's anus sent chills down Zhou Qing's spine.

Unless one is a martial arts master who has broken through to the Blood Exchange Realm, no matter how much one trains their physical body, it is impossible to train the sphincter muscles to be invulnerable to swords and spears.

Internal energy cultivation also needs to reach the Blood Exchange Realm to be able to defend the entire body.

It can only be said that these golden silkworm worms are extremely difficult to deal with, as they are ubiquitous and can infiltrate almost anything.

Below the Blood Exchange Realm, to deal with the Golden Silkworm Gu worms, one must master powerful ranged attack methods to kill a large number of them before they get close.

For example, Yao Xuewei's cultivation of Taiyi Gengjin Sword Qi is the most powerful and widest-range martial art that Zhou Qing has seen among Bone Refining Realm martial artists.

Yao Xuewei might not be able to break through Dan Chenzi's defenses with a single sword strike, but a large number of the Golden Silkworm Gu worms would definitely die or be injured with her attack.

The Golden Silkworm Gu's invulnerability to swords and spears is only true for ordinary martial artists.

"It still depends on the quantity," Zhou Qing pondered to himself.

These are only a few hundred Golden Silkworm Gu worms. If there were several thousand, even the strongest Bone Refining Realm martial artist would perish on the spot.

If there were tens of thousands of Golden Silkworm Gu worms, even a Blood Transformation Realm Grand Martial Master would probably have to flee at the mere sight of them.

From this perspective, the most valuable thing to cultivate at present is actually the Golden Silkworm Gu.

If you can't improve the quality in a short time, you can improve the quantity.

With the Wooden King Cauldron in hand, raising tens of thousands of Golden Silkworm Gu worms might be difficult, but raising one or two thousand should be no problem.

As the Golden Silkworm Gu worm is eliminated and optimized generation after generation, it will definitely become stronger and stronger.

"and many more!"

As the remaining hundreds of golden silkworm worms devoured Dan Chenzi, his flesh and blood were completely consumed, and soon only a skeleton remained.

His skeleton was different from others; it was pale gold all over, covered with strange black patterns that looked like some kind of special symbols or characters.

Zhou Qing immediately ordered the golden silkworm worms to stop feeding.

He stepped forward and squatted down in front of Dan Chenzi's skeleton.

On its pale golden skeleton, black patterns seemed to wriggle slightly as if they were alive.

"This is?"

Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened, and the next moment, he suddenly felt the hairs on his body stand on end, and he leaped backward.

Suddenly, black patterns shot out from the golden skeleton, transforming into a three-foot-long snake about the thickness of a thumb, which attacked Zhou Qing's face.

hum!
A divine light suddenly appeared behind Zhou Qing, and the golden light gradually became dazzling, forming an all-around divine power shield around him, similar to an eggshell.

"what--!"

The small black snake crashed into the protective shield, and a sharp, mournful howl immediately came from inside.

Zhou Qing reached out and grabbed the small black snake in his hand.

"God, spare me! I was blind! God, forgive me!" A sharp voice came from the black snake, which was five parts similar to Dan Chenzi's voice just now.

"You are Dan Chenzi?!" Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened.

From the moment he met Dan Chenzi, Zhou Qing felt a strange sense of crisis.

He had initially thought it was because of the statue, but now it seemed that the small black snake was the real danger.

"What kind of monster are you?! How can you come back to life after dying?!"

Zhou Qing asked in a deep voice.

"God, spare my life! I am a traitor of the Yinshan Sect, and this is the 'Spirit Nourishing Technique' among the Thirty-Six Wonders of Yinshan."

Once mastered, one can imbue their consciousness into a physical object. If an accident occurs and the physical body is destroyed, then…

In the end, Dan Chenzi hesitated.

"What is it?!" Zhou Qing's hand gradually tightened, and he had already guessed what it was.

"Then I can be resurrected! God, spare my life!!" Dan Chenzi begged for mercy.

"Possession of a corpse? I think it's more like rebirth through possession!"

Zhou Qing sneered upon hearing this.

"Now I'll ask you a question, and you'll answer it. If you hesitate any longer, I'll make sure you die a horrible death!"

"Yes! Yes! I will tell you everything I know without reservation." Seeing that he had a chance to live, Dan Chenzi's voice instantly became obsequious.

"What kind of sect is the Yinshan Sect?" Zhou Qing was very interested in the secret techniques of the Yinshan Sect. From the previous positioning technique to the possession technique just now, they were all very strange and difficult to guard against.

"The Yinshan Sect was one of the ten major sects of the previous dynasty. Because it chose to collude with the Zhao royal family and assist the Gu masters in slaughtering hundreds of thousands of elite troops to refine Gu, it was destroyed by the martial arts forces led by the Sima family."

Dan Chenzi quickly replied.

"One of the top ten sects of the previous dynasty?" Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow. Even the Demon Suppression Division had few records of events from the previous dynasty, which was probably due to his low rank.

"You say you're a traitor to the Yinshan Sect? Does that mean the Yinshan Sect still exists?"

Dan Chenzi replied, "Reporting to the High God, the Yinshan Sect of today was rebuilt by an elder who escaped the siege back then."

Twenty years ago, the elder's youngest son, who was also the previous leader of the Yinshan Sect, passed away.

The Yinshan Sect was embroiled in internal strife over the position of sect leader, which resulted in a siege by the imperial court, and the disciples scattered and fled.

"Wait!" Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened, interrupting Dan Chenzi.

"You said that the Yinshan Sect was founded by an elder from years ago, whose youngest son passed away twenty years ago?"
So, this elder and his youngest son have lived for almost a thousand years combined?!

The former Zhao state existed nearly a thousand years ago.

Moreover, the fact that the elder was able to escape the encirclement and suppression by various forces and rebuild the Yinshan Sect clearly shows that he was already a master at that time.

"Reporting to the High God, that elder was a supreme expert who had entered the Primordial Mystic Realm, with a lifespan of sixteen Jiazi (60 years). He passed away two hundred years ago," Dan Chenzi explained.

"Primal Mystic Realm? What does that mean?" Zhou Qing had only heard of the God of War.

"..." Dan Chenzi fell into a brief silence.

He couldn't understand why Zhou Qing, who possessed such powerful divine strength, didn't even know something so simple.

However, he didn't dare to say it outright, and quickly added: "The current martial arts realm classification is quite detailed."

The first stage consists of four trials: skin, flesh, tendons, and bones. The Bone Refining stage is called the Martial Master stage.

The second realm is the Twelve Blood Exchange Stages, and the Blood Exchange Realm is called the Great Martial Master.

The third realm is the gathering of three flowers at the top of the head, which is called the Grandmaster.

The fourth realm is the Five Elements Converging at the Origin, which is called the Martial Saint.

The fifth realm is the Primordial Mystic Realm, also known as the Martial God.

However, a thousand years ago, the first realm was called the Body Forging Realm, the second the Marrow Cleansing Realm, the third the Acupoint Refining Realm, the fourth the Organ Refining Realm, and the fifth the Spirit Refining Realm.

"Go on," Zhou Qing nodded.

“From the second realm onwards, a martial artist’s lifespan increases significantly. A Grand Martial Master in the Blood Exchange Realm lives for two Jiazi (60 years). A Grandmaster in the Three Flowers Realm lives for four Jiazi. A Martial Saint in the Five Qi Realm lives for eight Jiazi. As for a Martial God, he lives for sixteen Jiazi. Moreover, it seems that experts at this realm have other secret methods to prolong their lives,” Dan Chenzi added.

"The previous generation's sect leader was unable to break through the Three Flowers Realm. Although he possessed the elders' longevity secrets, he did not live past sixty years."

I was once a close attendant to the disciple personally taught by the sect leader of the Yinshan Sect. Before escaping, I stole some of the sect's secret techniques and then fled to the southern border, where I made a living by relying on these techniques.

During this time, I met Lin Tianzheng and made some exchanges with him using the secret techniques of the Yinshan Sect. Then, the Witch God Sect contacted me, asking us to help them find people with special physical constitutions to serve as corpse refiners.

This time, before Zhou Qing could even ask, Dan Chenzi revealed everything.

"I didn't expect you to have such a powerful background!" Zhou Qing sneered.

Dan Chenzi's words made him realize that the outside world was much bigger than he had imagined.

"I am willing to become a servant of the Supreme God! I will be at the Supreme God's command for life, I only beg the Supreme God to spare my life!" Dan Chenzi hurriedly begged for mercy.

“Servants of the gods isn’t necessarily a bad thing,” Zhou Qing said calmly.

(End of this chapter)